Improvement in meal-bins



JOHN THIOHETT, or CHICAGO, 1L:[.rNOIsfy- IMPROVEMENT IN MEAL-BINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,781, dated January1, 1878 application filed May 15, 1877.

l To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THrcKET'r, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription, which will enable others skilled 'in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure lis a perspective view of a kitchencabinet provided with my improvements;Fig.

y 2, a vertical section in the plane of the line be hereinafterparticularly described.

In the drawing, A represents the case of the cabinet. The lower part isprovided with doors a a, and with one or more shelves, b, and also withdrawers c c. B is the top of the base of the case. C is a kneadingboard.This board should be arranged at such a height as to render theoperation of kneading upon it capable of being performed with ease. D isthe upper part of the cabinet. The bottom of the part vl) consists of aboard extending across the rear half or part of the kneadingboard, thusforming a recess for the latter, from which recess the kneadingboard Gmay be partly drawn, and -by means of the said rear board it will beheld horizontally when so drawn. The kneading-board C is whollyremovable. E is a sieve. The'sieve is applied as drawers are, and, infact, may be de scribed as a drawer having a sieve-bottom ar-v rangedtherein. I make the sieve-bottom of wire-cloth, c, preferably tinned,supported on the downwardly-curved wires c c', extending parallellyacross the drawer. The edges of the wire-cloth may be secured, in anysuitable manner, to the sides and Yends of the drawer. Isink thesieve-cloth between the wires e' e',

thus forming curved and parallel ridges and grooves, alternatelyextending across the sieve-bottom, as shown atcl c. Fis a shaker, madepreferably of tinned malleable iron, extending from front to rear of thesieve, and having bearings therein, in which it may be rotated. Thebeaters f j of this shaker are formed to closely nt or press thesieve-bottom during the rotation of the shaker.l In other words, thebeater-arms are crimped or bent, as shown at f f', to correspond to theform of the sievebottom. Below the sieve E is a recess orv compartmentto receive a dish or ves-V sel, G, into which falls the material sifted.This dish is removable, and does not in any way interfere with thekneadingboard C, being supported by a board arranged above the saidkneading-board. At the sides of the sieve are receptacles for therolling-pins or other utensils employed in kneadingA dough. H is ahopper to receive the flour or other material to be sifted, andtoconduct it to the sieve. The remaining part ofthe upperportion of thecabinet may be provided with drawers or shelves, or otherwise renderedconvenient for use as a kitchen-cabinet. I is a lid in the top of thehopper, and J is a crank or handle for shaking or partly rotating theshaker. A

mirror, K, maybe applied to the cabinet, either v for ornamentation oruse, or for both.

This cabinetmakes a very neat and desirable piece of kitchen furniture.

, The sieve, by being constructed in the man ner described, exposes alarge sievesurface in a comparatively small space, and the iour or othermaterial to be sifted will be very rapidly sifted, and, if lumpy,thoroughly broken up.

The sieve may be easilyremoved and replaced, and is simple inconstruction and operation.

All the utensils and materials required for mixing, kneading, androlling dough, and making it up for baking, can be arranged in thecabinet, and thus be conveniently accessi-- ble for use.

The our in the cabinet, being supported by the sieve, and thus beingexposed to air above and below, will not be liable to become musty.

Having. thus deseribed my invention, what I v Wires, in oonneotionwiththe correspondinglyclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters formedrotary shaker, substantially as and for Patent, isthe purposes speeied.

The combination, in a kitchen-cabinet, of the hopper H and the removablesieve E, the

l JOHN THICKETT. latter having therein a bottom consisting of Witnesses:

vthe Wire-cloth e, supported on the curved F. F. WARNER,

Wires e e', and depressed between the said JOSEPH' BAKER.

